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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Kat Lay, Global health correspondent

India trains thousands of medics to promote vaccine in huge push to end cervical cancer

A girl sits on a chair and covers her mouth while a healthcare worker is poised to vaccinate her. The are surrounded by other healthcare workers at what seems to be a mass vaccination event.
A girl is given an HPV vaccination in September 2024. Photograph: Santosh Kumar/Getty Images

Tens of thousands of doctors across India are being trained to promote the HPV vaccine, in a push to eliminate cervical cancer in the country.

They will check with mothers attending medical appointments that they intend to vaccinate their daughters, and visit schools and community centres armed with facts and slideshows to counter vaccine disinformation.

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